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Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is the most important festival for Chinese people all over the world. It is also called the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year.
对于全世界的华人来说，中国的新年是最重要的节日。人们也称它为春节或农历新年。
The exact date of the Spring Festival on the Western calendar changes from year to year. However, Chinese New Year takes place between January 1 and February 19.
公历春节的确切日期每年都在变化。但是春节一般都在 1 月 1 日 到 2 月 19 日 之间。
On the Chinese calendar every year has an animal's name. These animals are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.
在农历中，每年都有一个生肖。这些生肖是鼠、牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗和猪。
A Chinese legend says that these twelve animals had a race. The first year was named after the rat, the winner. The other eleven years were named according to the order in which the animals arrived in the race.
据传说，这十二个动物举行了一次赛跑，第一年就以获胜者鼠命名，其他十一年就根据动物们到达终点的顺序命名。
The clever rat jumped onto the ox's back, and then at the end jumped over the ox's head to arrive first!
聪明的鼠跳在牛背上，在最后时刻跳过牛的头顶第一个到达终点！
The Chinese believe that a person born in a particular year has some of the characteristics of that animal.
中国人相信在某一年出生的人具有这一年生肖的一些特征。
重难点词汇
lunar [ˈlu:nə(r)]
adj. 阴历的 ,月(亮)的
exact [ɪgˈzækt]
adj. 确切的
calendar ['kælɪndə]
n. 日历
ox [ɒks]
n. 公 牛
ram [ræm]
n. 公羊
rooster [ˈru:stə(r)
n. 公鸡
legend [ˈledʒənd]
n. 传说
name after [neim ˈɑ:ftə]
vt. 按....命名
particular [pɪˈkju:liə(r)]
adj. 特殊的
characteristic [ˌkærəktəˈrɪstɪk]
adj. 特有的; 独特的;
n. 特性，特征
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